The great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot Sunday in that neighborhood, according to family and police.

Ronald Baskin, 21, of Lansing, was leaving his great-grandmother's home after stopping by to wish her a happy Mother's Day when shots were fired toward his vehicle, his great-uncle Hal Baskin said.

Police said the shooting occurred about 4 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Green Street. Ronald Baskin was pronounced dead at the scene. At least three rounds were fired, according to preliminary reports provided by a police source.

"This is a heck of a gift to a mother and a grandmother on Mother's Day," activist Hal Baskin said. "This is something that should never be visited on a mother or a grandmother on Mother's Day. I don't wish that on nobody."

Baskin said that his 20-year-old grandson was in the vehicle at the time of the shooting.

"They turned the corner, shots rang out, (my grandson) ducked, and the next shot rang out and he turned and saw that Ronald had been shot. He was holding on to his neck and he couldn't talk," Baskin said.

When Hal Baskin arrived at the scene, he said, he saw blood on his great-nephew's neck and hand.

Baskin, 60, is a former gang member turned peacemaker and politician who has worked as a community activist for 40 years. A perennial candidate for alderman in Englewood, Baskin is executive director of the PEACE Community Center, an anti-violence group at 6455 S. Peoria Ave.

Baskin dismissed the notion that the shooter might have been targeting him.

"I would be the least targeted," Baskin said. "I walk three miles, three days a week through the same neighborhood. I'm not a hard target if this person is looking for me. But that's not the case."

Baskin said he does not believe that his great-nephew or his grandson were affiliated with any gangs. He said the family was still "searching and wondering" what was the reason for the shooting.

"(The shooter) targeted the vehicle. I don't know if (Ronald) was the intended victim or not," Hal Baskin said.

Ronald Baskin was working toward becoming a barber and "wasn't a bad kid," he said. Ronald Baskin had recently purchased from his mother the Chevrolet Blazer that he was driving, Hal Baskin said.

"It's heart-wrenching," he said. "This happens all too often. It's all too common in places like Chicago."

It's the third time that a relative of Baskin's has been gunned down in the area. His nephew Rodney Jr. was killed in a shooting in the 6800 block of South Morgan Street in 2006. His youngest brother, Rodney Sr., was shot to death in 1994.